Entered into Eternal Life joining his beloved wife of 57 years Maria Rita Paretti on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the age of 94. Resident of Fox Point. Loving father of Andrew Paretti, III of Milwaukee, Stella Stephanie (the late Scott) Langel of Roswell, GA and Frank (the late Anita) Paretti of Milwaukee. Treasured grandfather of Kristina (Shaun) Thompson, Scott (Mary Hollis) Langel Jr, Courtney (Bryan) Cox, Frank (Lucy) Paretti Jr., Amanda (Zach) Sobczak and Michael (Jourdan) Langel; great-grandfather of Ava Scott and Stella Thompson, Bennett Cox, Charles and Maria Paretti, and Anita Sobczak. Dear brother of the late Dorothy McCarthy. Further survived by nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and good friends.

Andy was a graduate of Manhattan College, graduating with a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Administrative Engineering from NY University. He grew up in New York and had served his country during WWII in the U.S. Navy and continued to serve as a Captain in the Reserves. His career spanned from businessman to engineer with EPA, MMSD, WMNA, NY Port Authority, and served on numerous boards. Andy was a natural athlete who had a true love for life; he was a loyal friend and devoted family man who enjoyed entertaining family and friends. He was a loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be deeply missed by all who had the privilege of knowing him.

Family will greet friends on Friday, December 7, from 1:30 to 2:15 PM at St. Eugene’s Catholic Church, 7600 N. Port Washington Road, Fox Point, with a time of remembrance at 2:15 followed by the celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial at 2:30 PM. Interment will be private for the family. Memorials in Andy’s name may be made to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission, 830 N. 19th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233 or Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Inc., P.O. Box 636, Port Washington, WI 53074.

East Brunswick – Dr. John P. Cryan died on Friday, March 16, 2018, at St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick. He was 91.

Born in 1926 in Queens, NY, he grew up in Rosedale, went to Manhattan College as a premed student where he captained the tennis team. Jack was drafted out of college during WWII, served in the 9th Infantry 2nd Division and was assigned to the Japanese Interpreter program. Upon discharge he resumed college then attended New York Medical College (class of ’52) where he met his wife, Peggy. They interned together at Meadowbrook Hospital, L. I. and were residents at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cryan moved to New Jersey as a Rutgers University staff physician in 1954. Upon their marriage in July of that year the couple moved to East Brunswick where they were the first general practitioners in town and on staff at both St. Peters and Middlesex County (RWJUH) hospitals. Jack remained a self-employed physician in town, practicing for 34 years before retiring in 1988. A devoted couple, both he and his wife were avid fly fishers who enjoyed chasing trout together on the Beaverkill river, the Brodhead river (as members of the Henryville Conservation Club), and the Yellowstone and Snake rivers until her passing, at which time he took up the game of golf.

He was a communicant of Sacred Heart R.C. Church, New Brunswick.

He was predeceased by his wife, Dr. Margaret Delaney, in 1990, his brother James in 2000 and sister Marion in 2003.

Surviving are his daughter Ellen Cryan, two sons Gerard Cryan and John Cryan, and his brother Frank Cryan.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 24, at 9:00 AM, at The BRUNSWICK MEMORIAL HOME, 454 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, followed by a 10:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial, Holy Family Parish at Sacred Heart R.C. Church, New Brunswick. Interment will follow in Holy Cross Burial Park, South Brunswick.

Friends may visit on Friday, March 23rd, from 2-4 and 6-8, at the funeral home. For directions please visit www.brunswickmemorialhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. Peter’s Foundation (www.saintpetershcs.com/Donate), 254 Easton Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 in memory of John P Cryan, M.D.

John Ryder, political stalwart, dies at 90Posted June 9, 2017By Lisa Herndon

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Whether it was election day or just primary day, you would find John Ryder standing on the corner near the polling place of West 256th Street and Riverdale Avenue near P.S. 81 Robert Christen speaking to everyone who’d walk by about his candidates. He’d start at 6 a.m., and wouldn’t pack it in until 3.

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Ryder died of colon cancer May 17 at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. He was 90.

His family will remember him during a service July 17 at 10 a.m., at Christ Church Riverdale, 5030 Henry Hudson Parkway.

Ben Franklin club president Bruce Feld called Ryder “an unstoppable force” and “the paragon of grassroots political activity,” but he was a private person at heart.

Ryder moved from his College Road home in Fieldston years earlier, Feld said, but would return to his old neighborhood when he was needed, canvassing house-to-house to petition on behalf of the candidates he believed in. It was not an easy feat in an area filled with private homes and spacious yards, so it meant a lot of legwork.

And Ryder didn’t let the fact he was well into his 80s slow him down, either.

He wasn’t just about politics. Ryder donated his time to nonprofits in the community, served as president and director of Riverdale Neighborhood House and treasurer of the Riverdale Presbyterian Church. He later joined Christ Church Riverdale, where was a member of the Vestry, the church’s governing body.

Before becoming a Democrat in the 1970s, Ryder was the president of the West Bronx Young Republican Club, chairman of the Young Republicans of the First Judicial District, and a district leader and state committee manager of the Republican 12th Executive District in the Bronx.

He also was a longtime member of the Riverdale Yacht Club, where he enjoyed playing bridge.

Born in October 1926, Ryder was a lifelong Riverdalian. He attended Horace Mann School and was a graduate of Manhattan College. Ryder served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1945.

He spent his professional career in the advertising industry where he once served as the president of the Advertising Association for Men and Women.

Ryder lost his wife Lorna in 2011.

The two dated in high school, reconnecting many years later when he contacted her to see how she was doing. The pair married in 2005.

Ryder is survived by his sister Elliott Ryder, who lives in Los Angeles.

Dinowitz, who became an assemblyman in 1994, planned to give a eulogy at Ryder’s memorial service.“He was just a good person, a nice guy,” Dinowitz said. “Never asked for anything. Only gave, gave, gave, and he never really asked for anything.”